40: photos on Flickr

My Stranger #40 (40/100 Round II) is one who has lived many places but says he is from Jacinto City, Texas, where he spent his school years, then married and lived 30 years in Humble, Texas, but was born in a plantation hospital in Hawaii, where his grandparents lived, and now transplanted to Mena, Arkansas. He decided to retire to Arkansas after volunteering for years at Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas. Skipper raises a garden and sells his produce at the Polk County Farmers Market held in Mena at the railroad depot parking lot area next to the lovingly restored Mena Railroad Station. He was happy to relate to us as Texans and encouraged us to consider Mena as a place to retire. The cabbage he raised and held up for me to see was Texas size. Thanks to Skipper for his Texas friendly personality and for wanting to be one of my 100 Strangers on Flickr.

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Elipson BS 40 by Arthur Hamon

40 Ford coupe by Sam Stitzer

Lindberg kit. Candy red over flat black paint.

40 by Josh Larsen

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"Play with me!"

We saw this little bit of lace and convinced her to participate. Glad she did.

Anime Matsuri, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas 2018.03.30 by fossilmike

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40 by by Evie

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40 Wall Street by ty law

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40 by nice-creamcone

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40' Reefer Hapag-Lloyd von Kombimodell by Matthias Slovig

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40 by Chris

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40 by iamkaykay

40 auction by Bristolsun Bristol Indiana

Bristol Indiana Museum: Old General Store Presentation Fri. July 30, 2016.

Visitors open old Bristol Post Office boxes, one of the items on display in the Emporium Exhibit at the Elkhart County Historical Museum in Bristol, Indiana during a presentation on Friday, July 30, 2016. Museum Curator of Education, Patrick McGuire presented a program about the importance of old General Stores, like the ones in Bristol. He pointed out some of the other artifacts used in a store, like a wooden Indian, an old cash register and an Miles Anti-Pain Pills ad. He spoke of the importance of such stores in the mid-1800s which served to provide the customers with everything from farm equipment to clothes, food, and even a carriage. Once trains were available, the shop keeper could go to a bigger city to get items that would have taken weeks to fetch on horseback. But trains and later autos led to the demise of many such stores, due to the easy availability of transportation for his customer, and the Sears catalog mail service. Walmart and the Dollar Stores are the General Stores of today.Visitor Wm. Swihart talked of his Uncle, Jay Rohrer who owned such a stores in Foracker and was also the Town Marshal & Fireman. Other visitors told memories of the old General Store and other stores that served Bristol’s residents. The old Kings Store, recalled by many, was open from the 1920’s to the early 1970s. Just the Facts: The old General Store in downtown bristol was last operated as a business by Mike Stoll, who retired from his Reproductive Tech. Inc. in 2007. He offered a tour of the store to prospective purchasers in August, 2007, that was followed up by an Auction in Nov. 2007. The Building is now a private residence. The App Store and other photos of the store in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s are popular with many who still fondly recall the history.

40 years by UNU-WIDER